Attachment for safes



Nov. 17,1925. 1,56L875 W. C. MACFADDEN ATTACHMENT FOR sAFEs Filed Oct. 1'7. 1924 .41T RNEYS p Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES Y 1,551,875 PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MACFADDEN, 0F FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA.

ATTACHMENT FOR SAFES.

Application filed October 17, 1924.l Serial No. 744,174.

To ali whom may concern Be it known that I, l/VILLTAM C. MAGFAD- DEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fargo, in the county of Cass and State of North Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Safes, of which the following is a specification.

Itis the object of this invention to prolvide an attachment or accessory for modern safes, of the type commonly used in the smaller banks, for the purpose of guarding such safes against robberies by rendering the contents linaccessible even when the outer wall of the safe-has been penetrated.

As is well known, safes made from manganese steel cannot be successfully attacked by the use of explosives, but such safes have been robbed by burning through the outer wall thereof. Such attacks Vhave invariably included drilling or otherwise making a small hole at or near the top of the safe, then filling the safe with water poured through the hole thus made, to prevent destroying the valuable contents, and finally burning a hole, above the level ofthe water, through which the contents may be withdrawn. i y y lIn my co-pending application for patent bearing Serial Number 734,929, filed August 29th, 1924,'I have described and claimed a device adapted Yto successfully resist such robberies, and the present invention is an improvement upon the device of said prior application. l

In the accompanying drawings', I have illustrated the best form of my device at present known to me. Referring kto the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a safe with my invention mounted therein; Fig. 2 is a central, vertical section of the safe showing my device within the same; Fig. 3 is a detail, perspective view of the invention removed from the safe; Fig. 4 is a diagramma-tic front elevation, illustrating the method o-f inserting the sectional receptacle, and Fig, 5 is a. plan view of the support for the receptacle.

In the drawings I have used the` numeral 6 to indicate a steel safe of` the. type commonly used in the smaller banks. This safe has a restricted door opening 7 and a swinging door 8. I provide a receptacle 9 formed in separable sections 10 adapted to be severally inserted through the oor opening 7 into the safe 6. The receptacle 9, is of a width suicient to fill the space between the kinner surface of the door 8 and a backv wall 11, and of a length sufficient to extend from one lateral wall to the opposite wall. The several vsections 10 are of stout steel construction, preferably open at the front to allow ready access to the contents when the door'is open and closed at the back to afford greater strength.- To further increase the resistance of the receptacle against crushing forces which might be applied to the top thereof, a series of vertical partitions 12 are formed therein. These Ypartitions 12 divide the sections 10 into a row of pigeon holes adapted to receive the more valuable contents of the safe, such as currency and negotiable securities.

To support the receptacle 9 in spaced relation with the t'op of the safe and at a con'-y ve-nient distance from the bottom thereof, I provide a support 13 having a pair of legs 14 and a top plate 15 to which the sectionsV tional protected compartmentffor valuables.

Preferably, the partitions 12 near the outer -endsfof' the sections 10 have openings 21 therein to facilitate reaching the contents of the outer end compartments when the safe door is open.

To mount my device in the safe GQ the door 8 being open, the support 13 with the plate 15 attached thereto is first inserted, while detached from the receptacle 9. As will be readily understood, the support 13 is inserted in forwardlytilted position, so that the project-ions 17 may be placed beneath the flangev 18, when the support may be moved to horizontal position shown in Figs. 2 and 4, thus extending th'e projections 17 beneath the flange 18. One of the sections 10 may now beplaced upon the plate 15 and moved into engagement with one of thelateral walls of the safe, when the second section is ineral sections are secured upon the plate i5 by the bolts 16.

The currency and securities may now be placed in the receptacle 9, between the vertical partitions 12 for protection. Thus, even were the outer Wall of the safe penetrated, there is no Way of gaining access to the contents of the receptacle 9, because said receptacle can not be reached for burning and is sufficiently tough and rigid to resist such crushing forces as could be applied through a hole burnt at or near the top of the safe. Penetrating the safe by burning elsewhere would be futile, because the valuable contents Would be destroyed.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

l. rIhe combination with a safe having a restricted door opening in the front thereof, of a steel receptacle formed in separable sections adapted to be severally `inserted through said opening and extending from the front to the rear of the interior of the safe, the interior of said receptacle being readily accessible through said door opening, and a support formed to maintain said receptacle in spaced relation to the top of the safe.

2. The combination With a safe having a restricted door opening in the front thereof, of a strong box formed of tough metal in separable sections adapted to be severally inserted through said opening and means adapted to maintain said strong box in spaced relation to the top of the safe.

3. The combination With a safe having a restricted door opening in the front thereof, of a steel receptacle formed in separable sections adapted to be severally inserted through said opening, the interior of said receptacle being readily accessible through said door opening, and a support formed to engage the safe and to maintain said receptacle in spaced relation to the top of the safe.

4. The combination with a safe having a door opening, of a strong-box adapted to be inserted through said opening, a grid-like series of brace members disposed Within said box to resist crushing forces applied to the top thereof and means for maintaining said box in spaced relation With the top of the safe.

5. The combination With a safe having a door opening, of a steel receptacle adapted to be inserted through said opening, a series of vertical partitions constituting brace members disposed Within said receptacle to resist crushing forces applied to the top of the receptacle and means for maintaining said receptacle in spaced relation with the top of the safe.

6. The combination with a safe having a door opening and an internal flange about said opening, a steel receptacle adapted to be inserted through said opening, a support for said receptacle formed With an extension disposed to engage said fia-nge and arranged to maintain said receptacle in spaced relation to the top of the same, and means for securing said receptacle upon said support.

7. The combination with a safe having a door opening and an internal flange about said opening, a tough steel receptacle formed in separable sections, adapted to be inserted one above another through said opening and then to be moved into horizontal alignmentu one With another, a support for said receptacle formed with an extension disposed to engage said flange and arranged to maintain said receptacle in spaced relation to the top of the safe, and means for securing said receptacle upon said support.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM C. MAGFADDEN. 

